KR20040074705A - A Method For Transmitting Message Having Information Of Broadcast And A Method For Transmitting Answering Message Using Information Of Broadcast - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for transmitting a message including broadcast transmission information and a method for transmitting a reply message by using the broadcast transmission information are provided to allow a receiver to know simultaneously received information of a different receiver. CONSTITUTION: An origination terminal receives a message from an originator(S10). When the originator finishes creating a message, the originator inputs a phone number of a receiver terminal by using a keypad(S20). The origination terminal generates a broadcast transmission information parameter and adds it to the message(S30,S40). The origination terminal transmits the completed message to the receiver terminal(S50).

Description

A Method For Transmitting Message Having Information Of Broadcast And A Method For Transmitting Answering Message Using Information Of Broadcast}

The present invention relates to a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information and a reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information, and more particularly, by using broadcast transmission information received by a receiver by adding and transmitting broadcast transmission information during message transmission. The present invention relates to a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information for enabling broadcast transmission and a reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information.

The messages exchanged between the existing mobile subscribers are basically considered as point-to-point. This is basically due to the point-to-point characteristic of voice calls and CDMA channels. However, in the case of a message, there is a case in which a sender wants to send a broadcast to a plurality of recipients with the same content, and a terminal supporting the broadcast transmission is currently used. Broadcast transmission function is to send the same message to several people at the same time by inputting a plurality of incoming phone numbers or selecting a plurality of phone numbers in the SMS address book when entering a recipient phone number after composing a message.

The terminal providing the broadcast transmission function also has no change in the point-to-point characteristic, and broadcast transmission is repeated by repeating the point-to-point transmission by the number of receivers.

However, when a recipient who has received a broadcasted message replies, the information about the other recipient is unknown and the reply is returned only to the sender. That is, there is a problem in that there is no method when trying to broadcast again to all the broadcast recipients.

Accordingly, there is an increasing demand for a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information for overcoming such an unreasonable method of transmitting a message transmission method and a broadcast transmission information for knowing broadcast transmission information when a message is transmitted. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to add broadcast transmission information when transmitting a message so that the receiver can know the information of other receivers simultaneously received. It provides a message transmission method and a reply message transmission method using the broadcast transmission information.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information for enabling a reply to all recipients using the received broadcast transmission information, and a reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for performing a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information and a reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information according to the present invention;

2 conceptually illustrates an example of a structure of a sub parameter of an outgoing message;

3 is a diagram conceptually showing an example of a detailed structure of the broadcast transmission information parameter of FIG. 2;

4 is a view for explaining how a recipient telephone number is represented by a BCD code in the recipient list of FIG. 3;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating and transmitting a message including broadcast transmission information in a calling terminal;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving and processing a message including broadcast transmission information in a receiving terminal according to the present invention;

7A and 7B are flowcharts illustrating a process of generating and transmitting a message including broadcast transmission information through a screen of a calling terminal;

8A and 8B are flowcharts illustrating a process of generating and transmitting a reply message through a screen of a receiving terminal.

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10, 50: terminal, 20: base station,

30: exchanger, 40: SMSC,

60: first field, 70: second field,

80: third field, 90: fourth field.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method for transmitting a message including broadcast transmission information in the calling terminal, receiving a message from the caller, at least one recipient identification information from the caller Receiving an input, generating a broadcast transmission information parameter in which the receiver identification information is recorded, generating a broadcast transmission message by adding the generated broadcast transmission information parameter to the message, and generating the broadcast transmission message. A method for transmitting a message including broadcast transmission information may be provided, the method comprising transmitting to the receiving terminal corresponding to the receiver identification information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a method for transmitting a reply message using the broadcast transmission information received at a receiving terminal, a broadcast comprising a broadcast transmission information parameter received from the calling terminal; Displaying a transmission message on a screen; receiving a reply message from a user; extracting and displaying a recipient identification information recorded in the broadcast transmission information parameter on a screen; replying at least one of the recipient identification information from the user A reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information may include providing a number and transmitting a reply message to the selected reply number.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, as a recording medium storing a program that can be executed by the terminal, receiving a message from the sender, at least one recipient identification information from the sender Receiving, generating the broadcast transmission information parameter in which the receiver identification information is recorded, generating the broadcast transmission message by adding the generated broadcast transmission information parameter to the message, and identifying the recipient in the generated broadcast transmission message. A recording medium recording a program for executing the step of transmitting to the receiving terminal corresponding to the information may be provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, as a recording medium storing a program that can be executed by the terminal, a broadcast transmission message including the broadcast transmission information parameter received from the calling terminal on the screen; Displaying, receiving a reply message from a user, extracting receiver identification information recorded in the broadcast transmission information parameter, and displaying the received identification number on the screen; receiving at least one reply number from among the receiver identification information from the user; And a recording medium recording a program for executing the step of transmitting the reply message to the selected reply number.

Other objects, specific advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the preferred embodiments associated with the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a system for performing a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information and a reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a system for performing a message providing method including broadcast transmission information according to the present invention includes a terminal, a base station 20, an exchange 30, and an SMSC 40.

The terminals 10 and 50 refer to a terminal capable of transmitting a message through the SMSC 40, and may be a wired communication terminal capable of transmitting a message as well as a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA. The terminal according to the present invention is provided with a function of transmitting a broadcast transmission information parameter to a message and transmitting the message, which will be described later. Since the conventional terminal receives the new parameter and ignores the new parameter, the terminal is compatible with the terminal according to the present invention and thus does not cause any problem in the use of the existing terminal subscriber.

The base station (BS) 20 performs all functions related to transmission of radio signals between the switch 30 and the portable terminals 10 and 50. The base station 20 is composed of Base Station Controllers (BSC) and Base Station Transceiver System (BTS). A base station transceiver system (BTS) is a device that provides a mobile communication service to a subscriber by wirelessly communicating with terminals 10 and 50 in a cell. To this end, the BTS transmits and receives radio signals to and from the terminals 10 and 50 by encoding and decoding radio channels. A base station controller (BSC) matches a plurality of BTSs, and performs functions such as handoff processing between cells, call control, and operation and maintenance control of the base station 20.

The exchange 30 (MSC) provides an interworking function between a mobile communication network and a fixed network such as a PSTN or an ISDN, or an interworking function between a mobile communication network and a network of a third party such as a PLMN, an Internet network, or a PSPDN. 10) match with BTS / BSC to send and receive signal and voice data.

The Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 40 is a system for processing a short message service, and interworks with a mobile communication network via an exchange 30 and an HLR (not shown).

2 is a diagram conceptually showing an example of a structure of a sub parameter of an outgoing message. 2 is a structure of a sub parameter of an SMS origination message.

Referring to Figure 2, the SMS outgoing message is composed of a combination of a plurality of sub-parameters. That is, a typical outgoing message includes sub-parameter fields such as a message identifier for identifying a message, user data which is a part of which the content of the message is recorded, an absolute available period, and a relative available period. Each subparameter has a mandatory type and an optional type that must be present. As shown in FIG. 3, only a message identifier is required and the remaining subparameters are optional. The received message also has a configuration of sub-parameter fields that are almost similar to the outgoing message.

Unlike the conventional SMS message, the SMS message of the present invention is characterized by further including the broadcast transmission information parameter shown at the end of the table shown in FIG. That is, a part of the spare field of the message is allocated as the broadcast transmission information parameter or a part of the user data field is assigned as the broadcast transmission information parameter, and a plurality of recipient identification information is recorded in the broadcast transmission information parameter. The broadcast transmission information parameter will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a diagram conceptually showing an example of a detailed structure of the broadcast transmission information parameter of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the broadcast transmission information parameter includes a first field 60, a second field 70, a third field 80, and a fourth field 90.

The first field 60 is an area in which a parameter identifier for allowing the receiving terminal 50 to recognize the broadcast transmission information parameter is recorded. In this embodiment, 8 bits are allocated to the first field 60. 11101000 ".

The second field 70 is an area in which parameter length information for indicating the length of the broadcast transmission information parameter is recorded. In this embodiment, 8 bits are allocated to the first field 60, and (1 + number item x 5 It is set to an integer of).

The third field 80 is an area in which the number of recipient identification information items is recorded. In this embodiment, eight bits are allocated to the third field 80. Here, the number of recipient identification information items means the number of recipients to be broadcasted, that is, the number of received telephone numbers.

In the fourth field 90, the receiver identification information, i.e., the list of the received telephone numbers is a recording area. In this embodiment, as the fourth field 90, as many bits as (40 x number of recipient identification information items) are allocated. This is because 40 is required when 40 bits are represented by the BCD code as described later.

In the present embodiment, 8 bits are allocated to the lengths of the first to third fields 60, 70, and 80. However, this is only an example, and it is possible to change the number of bits allocated according to the designer's needs. The value can also be changed arbitrarily.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method in which a receiver telephone number is represented by a BCD code in the receiver list of FIG. 3. Fig. 4 shows the encoded numeric code when the numeral and the numeral are encoded by the BCD code.

Referring to FIG. 4, the BCD code expresses numbers 0 through 9 in binary numbers from (0000) to (1001), and 4 bits are required to represent one number. Thus, 40 bits are allocated to represent 10 digits of the terminal telephone number, and are read in 5 octets.

If the terminal station number is 4 digits (for example, 016-7676-1234), the remaining 10 digits except for the first zero are converted to BCD codes. Therefore, the receiving terminal reads the first digit of the BCD code and recognizes the three digit station number if the first digit is "0" and adds "0" to the first digit if the first digit is not "0". .

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating and transmitting a message including broadcast transmission information in a calling terminal.

First, the calling terminal 10 receives a message from the caller (S100). The sender selects a text service menu on the screen of the calling terminal 10 and inputs a message to be transmitted using a keypad.

The calling terminal 10 receives the receiver identification information from the caller (S110). The recipient identification information is a receiving terminal telephone number. That is, when the sender completes the message, the caller inputs the receiving terminal telephone number using the keypad or selects the recipient from the address book. At this time, the caller can enter several receiving terminal telephone numbers.

The originating terminal 10 generates a broadcast transmission information parameter in which the number and the list of the input receiving terminal telephone numbers are recorded and adds them to the message (S130 and 140). The calling terminal 10 records the number of the called party's telephone number entered by the caller in the third field 70, records the called telephone number in the fourth field 90, generates the broadcast transmission information parameter, and then writes it to the message. Add.

Finally, the calling terminal 10 transmits the completed message to the receiving terminal 50 (S150).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving and processing a message including broadcast transmission information in a receiving terminal according to the present invention.

The receiving terminal 50 receives a message to which the broadcast transmission information parameter is added from the calling terminal 10 (S200).

When receiving the message, the receiving terminal 50 stores the received message and broadcast transmission information parameter information in a storage unit (not shown) (S210).

The receiving terminal 50 displays the message and reply menu on the screen (S220).

The receiver selects a receiving menu on the screen of the receiving terminal 50 and composes a reply message (S230 and 240).

When the receiver finishes inputting the text message and selects a reply number, the receiver terminal extracts the receiver identification information recorded in the broadcast transmission information parameter and displays it on the terminal screen (S250).

The receiver selects a telephone number to be returned from among the receiver identification information displayed on the screen of the receiver terminal 50, that is, the receiver telephone number (S260). There may be a plurality of telephone numbers to be selected, and a whole selection menu for selecting all of the telephone numbers displayed on the screen may be displayed on the terminal screen.

When the receiver selects the reply telephone number and selects the transfer menu, the receiver terminal 50 transmits the created text message to the terminal corresponding to the selected reply telephone number (S270).

In the present embodiment, only one reply menu is provided, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the reply reply menu and the entire reply menu may be provided as the reply menu. In the case of this embodiment, the selective reply menu is for performing the same function as the normal reply menu, and the reply all menu designates all of the recipient's telephone numbers recorded in the broadcast transmission information parameter as reply numbers or selects some of them to reply. To send a message.

7A and 7B are flowcharts illustrating a process of generating and transmitting a message including broadcast transmission information through a calling terminal screen.

Referring to FIGS. 7A and 7B, after a caller selects an outgoing message from a message management menu, inputs a message to be transmitted (S300 and 310), and enters an incoming telephone number (S320). In the method of inputting an incoming telephone number, it is possible to directly enter several incoming telephone numbers using the numeric keys or to select a recipient from the address book by selecting the address book view menu at the bottom of the screen.

When the selection of the recipient is completed, a list of recipients is displayed on the terminal screen, and when the sender selects a transmission menu, a message is transmitted (S330 and 340). At this time, as described above, the terminal generates the broadcast transmission information parameter in which the receiver identification information, that is, the telephone number of the receiver, is added to the message, and then the message is transmitted.

8A and 8B are flowcharts illustrating a process of generating and transmitting a reply message through a screen of a receiving terminal.

8A and 8B, when a receiver selects a received message from a message management menu and then selects a message to be viewed from the received message, the selected message and reply menu are displayed on the screen (S400 and 410).

When the receiver selects the reply menu, inputs a reply message, and then selects the reply number menu, the receiver telephone number broadcasted on the terminal screen is displayed on the screen (S420 and 430).

The receiver selects a desired number from among the displayed recipient telephone numbers or selects the entire selection menu at the bottom of the screen to select the entire recipient telephone numbers and transmits the entered reply message (S440, 450, and 460).

In FIGS. 8A and 8B, both the general message and the broadcast transmission message are stored in the received message. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is not limited thereto and includes a general message menu and a broadcast transmission message menu as lower menus of the received message, It is also possible to have a general receive message menu, a broadcast transmission receive message menu, and an outgoing message menu.

Although the exemplary embodiment has been illustrated and described with reference to a mobile terminal, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be applied to wired terminals and various communication terminals.

Although the present invention has been illustrated and described in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is obvious that the present invention can be applied to a long message service (LMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), and various data transmission services.

According to the present invention, there is provided a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information for transmitting and receiving broadcast transmission information when a message is transmitted so that a receiver can know information of another receiver simultaneously received and a reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information. Can provide.

In addition, it is possible to provide a message transmission method including broadcast transmission information for replying to the entire receiver using the received broadcast transmission information, and a reply message transmission method using the broadcast transmission information.

In conclusion, when a one-to-many message is transmitted through the present invention, it is possible to send a reply message to the recipients for the message, thereby providing the convenience of the user, and thus bringing the spread of the use of the message service. .

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the appended claims will cover such modifications and variations as fall within the spirit of the invention.

Claims (9)

In the method for transmitting a message including the broadcast transmission information in the calling terminal, Receiving a message from a sender; Receiving at least one recipient identification information from the sender; Generating a broadcast transmission information parameter in which the receiver identification information is recorded; Generating a broadcast transmission message by adding the generated broadcast transmission information parameter to the message; And And transmitting the broadcast transmission message to a receiving terminal corresponding to the receiver identification information. The method of claim 1, The broadcast transmission information parameter is A first field in which a parameter identifier is recorded for causing the receiving terminal to recognize the broadcast transmission information parameter; A second field in which parameter length information for indicating the length of the broadcast transmission information parameter is recorded; A third field in which the number of the recipient identification information is recorded; And And at least one of a fourth field in which the receiver identification information is recorded. In the method for transmitting a reply message using the broadcast transmission information received at the receiving terminal, Displaying a broadcast transmission message including a broadcast transmission information parameter received from an originating terminal on a screen; Receiving a reply message from a user; Extracting and displaying the receiver identification information recorded in the broadcast transmission information parameter on the screen; Receiving at least one reply number from among the recipient identification information from the user; And Sending a reply message to the selected reply number. The method of claim 3, wherein And storing the received message and the broadcast transmission information parameter. The method of claim 3, wherein Receiving a reply message from the user Displaying a reply menu on the screen; And And a step of receiving a reply menu selection from the receiver. The method of claim 5, wherein The reply menu above A reply message transmission method using broadcast transmission information comprising a selective reply menu and an entire reply menu. The method of claim 3, wherein The broadcast transmission information parameter is A first field for recording a parameter identifier for causing a receiving terminal to recognize the broadcast transmission information parameter; A second field in which parameter length information for indicating the length of the broadcast transmission information parameter is recorded; And A third field in which the plurality of recipient identification information is recorded; And And at least one of a fourth field in which the receiver identification information is recorded. A recording medium storing a program that can be executed by a terminal, Receiving a message from a sender; Receiving at least one recipient identification information from the sender; Generating a broadcast transmission information parameter in which the receiver identification information is recorded; Generating a broadcast transmission message by adding the generated broadcast transmission information parameter to the message; And And a program for executing the step of transmitting the generated broadcast transmission message to a receiving terminal corresponding to the receiver identification information. A recording medium storing a program that can be executed by a terminal, Displaying a broadcast transmission message including a broadcast transmission information parameter received from an originating terminal on a screen; Receiving a reply message from a user; Extracting and displaying the receiver identification information recorded in the broadcast transmission information parameter on the screen; Receiving at least one reply number from among the recipient identification information from the user; And Recording medium recording a program for executing a step of transmitting a reply message to the selected reply number.